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Word of the Day – Gendarme

By February 15, 2024Word of the Day

Gendarme (noun)

zhan-darm

a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer, or the Royal Moroccan police.

1540–50; Middle French, earlier gens d’armes, alteration of gent d’armes people at arms

Example sentences

“The gendarme stopped us and we thought we were in trouble, but he just wanted to tell us a joke about English tourists (true story).”

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